Cool! Yeah, UAVs are an interesting use case. If you come up with something we'd love to hear!
Doug Rinckes, Technical Program Manager, Google Switzerland GmbH; 9GHJ+P88 Z ürich <https://www.google.com/maps/search/9GHJ%2BP88%20Zürich> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 6:27 PM, X <x...@skyward.io> wrote: > Greetings Doug, > > Thank you for the background information. You are right about the > additional challenges in determining altitude. Both above ground level and > above sea level pose challenges since both may vary in certain grids. We'll > do some thinking on the problem and let you know if we figure out a useful > 3d implementation. > > X > > On Friday, November 3, 2017 at 8:55:16 AM UTC-7, Doug Rinckes wrote: >> >> Hi X, >> >> We designed OLC as a solution for unnamed streets, or places where street >> addresses aren't possible/don't exist. We didn't include a 3rd dimension >> because: >> >> 1. it's not necessary in probably >90% of addresses >> 2. we didn't see any unit being widely used or useful (floor number? >> meters? meters over ground? meters over sea level? which sea level?) >> 3. even floor numbers aren't consistent across countries, some use 1 >> as the ground floor and others use 0, or G, or L, etc. >> >> So we left it out. For your case, maybe use OLC as the XY location and >> then meters or barometric pressure for height? >> >> >> Doug Rinckes, Technical Program Manager, Google Switzerland GmbH; >> 9GHJ+P88 Zürich <https://www.google.com/maps/search/9GHJ%2BP88%20Zürich> >> >> On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 2:17 AM, X <x...@skyward.io> wrote: >> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> We are interested in using OLC to index a geographically partitioned and >>> distributed open source GIS system for unmanned aircraft systems. OLC seems >>> like a natural fit for a variety of reasons (varied resolution, cogent grid >>> system, concise address, open standard, etc). However, we operate in three >>> dimensions (as do our underwater unmanned system colleagues and our >>> building information management system colleagues). I'm not sure how this >>> also pertains to the addressing problem worldwide, but I have lived in >>> places with no clear address scheme that included multi story buildings. >>> This is the case even using OLC for our business where our office location >>> is on the 2nd floor. In many of these cases, a vertical dimension would be >>> helpful. >>> >>> We could do our own implementation by appending some sort of elevation >>> or z-axis, but I'm curious if there are thoughts from the team on a three >>> dimensional implementation of the system. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> X >>> >>> -- > Public site: http://www.openlocationcode.com/ > Github project: https://github.com/google/open-location-code > Demo site: http://plus.codes/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "open-location-code" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to open-location-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to open-location-code@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/open-location-code. > To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/open-location-code/790b3079-c7ee-4799-ae6d- > bd846e001844%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-location-code/790b3079-c7ee-4799-ae6d-bd846e001844%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Public site: http://www.openlocationcode.com/ Github project: https://github.com/google/open-location-code Demo site: http://plus.codes/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "open-location-code" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to open-location-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to open-location-code@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/open-location-code. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-location-code/CAGFr2LLks8CSf2p%2BJ-_BPs%2BJ6_TWLi2qFKcucGXiqHu%3DyNAfyA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
